. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 228 THE bee-keeper's GUIDE ; Another frame in common use, is one about one foot square. I Jiave long used one llX inches square, and still think that this frame has much to commend it. It is light, easily handled, convenient for nucleus hives, and perhaps the best form for forming a compact winter cluster; and yet upon mature re- flection I have decided to use in future, as already stated, the Langstroth frame, and advise all others to do so. It is very desirable to have bees in hives such as others will wish in case we sell bees, as e
. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 228 THE bee-keeper's GUIDE ; Another frame in common use, is one about one foot square. I Jiave long used one llX inches square, and still think that this frame has much to commend it. It is light, easily handled, convenient for nucleus hives, and perhaps the best form for forming a compact winter cluster; and yet upon mature re- flection I have decided to use in future, as already stated, the Langstroth frame, and advise all others to do so. It is very desirable to have bees in hives such as others will wish in case we sell bees, as every bee-keeper is almost Fig. Oallup Frame.—Original. a Top-bar. 6, b Side-bars or uprights. c Comb-guide, d Bottom-bar. sure to do more or less each year. The L^angstroth hive is used much more generally than any other, and that it is excellent is shown in the fact that most of our successful bee-keepers, from Canada to the Gulf, use it, and I am free to say that, taking the whole country through, it is doubtful if a better style or form exists than the regular Langstroth. The chief objection urged against its use, that it is not the best form to secure safe wintering, lacks force in view of the fact that many who have been most successful use this frame. Indeed, with thorough protection this frame is as good as any, and most bee-keepers are learning that in our Northern States pro- tection is absolutely essential to success. That we shall ever have a uniform frame used by all api- arists, though exceedingly desirable, is too much to be hoped. I do not think there is sufficient advantage in any form to war- rant us in holding to it, if by yielding we could secure this uniformity. Nor do I think the form and size so material as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-
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